Blood Death Knight Tank Guide (WoD 6.1)

Welcome to our Blood Death Knight tank guide for World of Warcraft WoD 6.1. Here, you will learn
everything you need to know about playing a Blood Death Knight in a raid environment,
although most of the content also applies to normal and heroic dungeons.

Compared to the other tanking classes, Blood Death Knights bring few useful
raid buffs or cooldowns, and we feel that they take a lot more precision and
skill to play to their maximum potential. The reason for this is that a large
part of tanking as a Death Knight is done "manually", by the player, who has
to constantly make game-influencing decisions regarding which abilities to
use.

Death Knights rely heavily on self-healing, being one of the most
self-sufficient tanks.

Note that this guide focuses on aspects that are specific to Blood Death
Knights, and general tanking strategies are beyond its scope. If you wish to
know more about the tanking role and what you can do to improve, we recommend
that you read our tanking guide.